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Wind Chill Advisory 2, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 7, 2017, 2:31 PM EST for 36 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jan 7, 2017, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 7, 2017, 2:31 PM EST (19:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 7, 2017, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2017, 12:00 PM EST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 36 counties
Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Heard County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Murray County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Polk County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 96 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 92 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
222 WWUS42 KFFC 071931 WSWFFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 231 PM EST SAT JAN 7 2017 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-030>035-041>045-052>055-080345- /O.NEW.KFFC.WC.Y.0002.170108T0000Z-170108T1700Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS- SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY 231 PM EST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM FRANKLIN TO MORROW TO HOMER. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILL READINGS...RANGING BETWEEN 10 BELOW TO FIVE ABOVE. * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WILL BE POSSIBLE IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...RANGING FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS IN THE FAR NORTHEAST TO LOWER 20S SOUTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
2 follow-up statements
007 WWUS42 KFFC 072256 WSWFFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 556 PM EST SAT JAN 7 2017 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-030>035-041>045-052>055-081000- /O.CON.KFFC.WC.Y.0002.170108T0000Z-170108T1700Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS- SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY 556 PM EST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM FRANKLIN TO MORROW TO HOMER. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILL READINGS...RANGING BETWEEN 10 BELOW TO FIVE ABOVE. * TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WILL BE POSSIBLE IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...RANGING FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS IN THE FAR NORTHEAST TO LOWER 20S SOUTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
668 WWUS42 KFFC 080813 WSWFFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 313 AM EST SUN JAN 8 2017 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-030>035-041>045-052>055-081700- /O.CON.KFFC.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170108T1700Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS- SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND... ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA... LAWRENCEVILLE...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY 313 AM EST SUN JAN 8 2017 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... * LOCATIONS...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM FRANKLIN TO MORROW TO HOMER. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILL READINGS...RANGING BETWEEN 10 BELOW TO FIVE ABOVE. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WILL BE POSSIBLE IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...RANGING FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS IN THE FAR NORTHEAST TO LOWER 20S SOUTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 3:33 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb and 20 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:33 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | FFC | Butts, Clarke, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Greene and 21 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 7, 10:48 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair, Wilcox | 5 days |
| Jan 7, 11:30 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski | 4 days |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.